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ASL interpreters have all but disappeared from press briefings and live events. Above is from last year's 34th Anniversary Celebration of the passing of the American Disabilities Act. (John McDonnell / Getty Images)

White House sued over ADA accessibility

CK Smith
In this image released on December 21, Paul Simon performs onstage during Homeward Bound: A GRAMMY Salute To The Songs Of Paul Simon at Hollywood Pantages Theatre on April 06, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Paul Simon performs with hearing loss

Nardos Haile
Mouse (Getty Images/kozorog)

Common supplement restores mice hearing

Matthew Rozsa
Rihanna performs during Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

Super Bowl's standout deaf performers

Alison Stine
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A closed-captioning device used in a movie theater at North Shore Towers Cinema in Floral Park, New York on January 4, 2023. (J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images)

Why is it hard to make films accessible?

Alison Stine
Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Theo (James Caverly) in "Only Murders In The Building" (Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu)

Creating Theo, Only Murders' conscience

Alison Stine
Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Coachella)

On Beyoncé and moving away from ableism

Alison Stine
Actress Anne Bancroft, playing educator Annie Sullivan, pleads with actress Patty Duke, playing Helen Keller, in the 1962 production of "The Miracle Worker". (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

15 facts about "The Miracle Worker"

Yuyan Lu, Hanh Nguyen
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Lisa meets the son of the late musician Bleeding Gums Murphy (voiced by John Autry II) — and attempts to improve his life in the "The Sound of Bleeding Gums" episode of "The Simpsons" (Photo courtesy of 20th Television Animation)

Does "Simpsons" make history or pander?

Alison Stine
Amy Forsyth, Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur in “CODA” (Apple TV+)

Is "CODA" the "Green Book" for the deaf?

Alison Stine
Marlee Maitlin and William Hurt (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Charley Gallay/Disney)

Hurt and the abuse of disabled women

Alison Stine
Dave Grohl (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Dave Grohl: deaf like me

Alison Stine
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Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performs onstage at the after party for the Los Angeles premiere of "Studio 666" at the Fonda Theatre on February 16, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Dave Grohl reads lips since hearing loss

Joy Saha
Shaylee and Gloria in "Madagascar A Little Wild" (DreamWorks Animation)

How one actor is using ASL in animation

Alison Stine
Hailee Steinfeld and Jeremy Renner in "Hawkeye" (Marvel Studios/Disney+)

“Hawkeye” is a pandemic fable

Alison Stine
Lauren Ridloff in "Eternals" (Marvel Studios)

Eternals' deaf superhero problem

Kylie Cheung
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James Caverly as Theo in "Only Murders in the Building" (Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu)

Making the "Only Murders" silent episode

Kylie Cheung
Amaree McKenstry in "Audible" (Netflix)

Being seen & heard in sports doc Audible

Gary M. Kramer
Deaf U (Netflix)

"There is no one right way to be deaf"

Hanh Nguyen
Shannon Purser as Sierra Burgess in "Sierra Burgess Is a Loser" (Aaron Epstein/Netflix)

Netflix teen rom-com faces backlash

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
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Asha Parker, Peter Cooper
Jonathan Meister (Screenshot/CBS LA)

Natasha Lennard
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